Tallahassee, FL – The U.S. Marshals Florida
Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) has found violent fugitives hiding in every
conceivable way; underneath clothes in the closet, in attic crawl spaces, inside
the trunks of cars, walls, clothes dressers and yes even inside refrigerators.
However, when members of the FRFTF responded to 509 Magnolia Drive this morning
in an attempt to locate Deon Dorsey, Dorsey added a new wrinkle to what these
fugitive investigators have seen. Deon Dorsey, a 20 year old citizen of
Tallahassee, was currently being sought by the Tallahassee Police Department on
charges of Domestic Battery by Strangulation. Dorsey was also being sought by
the Florida Department of Corrections for violating his probation in Pinellas
County, Florida for a conviction of Battery and Trespassing. According to the
Tallahassee Police Department, TPD Officers responded to a 911 call at 306 White
Drive on May 7, 2011 in which Dorsey was identified as the suspect in a domestic
battery where he is alleged to have attempted to strangle the victim.
Investigation by TPD Task Force Officers assigned to the US Marshals task force
indicated that Dorsey was currently staying in an apartment at 509 Magnolia
Drive. Task Force Officers responded to this address early this morning and
located Dorsey hiding beneath a bed mattress with a small child lying over his
hiding spot. According to Task Force Officers, Dorsey wedged himself between the
wall and the box springs of the mattress and then had the mattress slid over his
hiding spot with the child placed directly over his body. Task Force Officers
became suspicious of Dorsey’s hiding spot during a search of the residence and
first removed the small child from the room prior to confronting Dorsey. Dorsey
was then pulled from his hideout by multiple officers before being handcuffed
and transported to the Leon County Jail where he awaits first appearance. Task
Force members also arrested Dorsey’s current girlfriend, Maydreona Miles, for
Obstruction of Justice after Miles repeatedly stated to officers that Dorsey was
not inside the residence.

The Tallahassee Division of the FRFTF is comprised of law enforcement officers
from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office,
Leon County Sheriff’s Office, Leon County State Attorney’s Office, Liberty
County Sheriff’s Office, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Perry Police
Department, Tallahassee Police Department, Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, and
the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office.